Evolution is good for optimising and that is well understood. But evolution also creates things that no one knew were even possible. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
Isobutanol is not a natural product, but we evolved an enzyme that makes it possible to convert plant sugars to this precursor… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
In the lab, we're discovering that nature can do chemistry we never dreamed was possible. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
The real frontier is making these hybrid systems where you expand the capabilities of biology with chemistry. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
Instead of studying what biology has already made, we have to imagine what biology could make. You can say, 'Oh, I want a cure… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
We are going to see a steady stream, I predict, of Nobel prizes coming out of chemistry and given to women. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
I decided that I wanted to become an engineer of the biological world, specifically a protein engineer. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
When I started engineering proteins I didn't know how hard it would be. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
I get these students who come in and say, I want to help people. I say, people get plenty of help. Why don't you… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
Pittsburgh was a wonderful place to grow up - diverse and complex, one could go from one culture to a completely different one in… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
I wanted to rewrite the code of life, to make new molecular machines that would solve human problems. — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
I was used to being the only woman in everything... I didn't even think about it. Men were my role models - there's nothing… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
To survive and even thrive in a changing world, nature offers another great lesson: the survivors are those who at the least adapt to… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
